January 2012
In the Know & in the Dark 2/1
IN THE KNOW: The new milk shake machine in the C-Store. A delicious new addition. IN THE DARK: The ice hiding in the big puddles on the sidewalks. Even as the weather heats up, you have to watch your every step or else down you go. IN THE KNOW: The Super Bowl this weekend. The […]
THE RANT: Dear snow patrol
Dear snow patrol (campus maintenance), I greatly appreciate all that you do for the University of South Dakota. You’re always working hard to keep the university clean and safe for the students, faculty and staff, which is greatly appreciated by many. However, I do have one complaint. It’s winter. The season finally found us, even […]
PREVIEW: USD to host Texas State in ESPN Bracketbuster game
The University of South Dakota men’s basketball team will host Texas State University in the 10th Annual Sears Bracketbusters on Feburary 18 at 7 p.m. in the DakotaDome. The Bracketbuster match-ups were selected on ESPNU and contain match-ups for ten Summit League teams. The Coyotes open a three-game home stand on Saturday Feb. 4 against […]
PREVIEW: Avian Sunrise returns to Vermillion for benefit concert
The members of Avian Sunrise will return to their roots when they play a SERVE-sponsored concert at the University of South Dakota this week. The concert will be held Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. in the Muenster University Center Ballroom. This time around, the band is playing to raise awareness for the Beracka House and […]
Q&A: Boss-Wachal fan of Daffy Duck
EDITOR’S NOTE: Each week The Volante sports staff will interview a member of the USD athletic community and ask them off-the-wall questions. Enjoy the hilarity. Senior Jodie Boss-Wachal is a center for the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team out of Columbus, Neb. Dec. 10, Wachal set the USD women’s career blocked-shots record when […]
Coyote swimming finishing up season
After getting swept by rival South Dakota State over the weekend, the University of South Dakota swimming and diving team must bounce back to take on the University of North Dakota this Saturday, then prepare for Summit League Conference Championships in two weeks. Senior swimmer Lizz Hoffman said both the men’s and women’s squads have […]
Printed tickets sold for rivalry game
Students planning to swipe their student Coyote card to attend the University of South Dakota basketball games against South Dakota State University should think again. USD athletic administration has chosen to stray away from the use of Coyote cards as a ticket into the men’s basketball game against SDSU on Feb. 9. Instead, students must […]
Coyotes looking for three in a row
The USD women’s basketball team will look to make it three consecutive victories when the make the trip west to Cedar Valley, Utah to go head-to-head with Southern Utah University Jan. 28. Senior forward Amber Hegge will lead the 12-6 Coyotes onto the court Saturday, just four days after being named the Summit League Player […]
USD looks for ‘consistency’
Consistency. This seems to be the point of emphasis for the University of South Dakota’s men’s basketball program as the continue to battle through their Summit League conference schedule. On Jan. 26, the Coyotes will travel to Tulsa, Okla. in a tough matchup to take on the top team in the Summit, the Oral Roberts […]
COLUMN: Resolutions take shape
At the beginning of the semester, a friend and I decided to start exercising in the mornings at the Wellness Center as a way to start being more intentional about our health and well-being. To be honest I don’t know what I was thinking. While I do enjoy mornings, I don’t enjoy forcing myself, or […]